‘Smart’ crime prevention? Digitization and racialized crime control in a Smart City

As part of the global Smart Cities movement, the Switching on Darwin programme foregrounds digitally enhanced government and urbanism. While promoting its environmental and democratizing potential, software-enhanced CCTV, LED lighting and geofencing were among the first components rolled out. In pra...

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Authors: O’Malley, Pat (Author) ; Smith, Gavin JD (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-56
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Urban social control
Surveillance
Social marginality
Smart City
Racialization
Public Space
public safety
Indigenous justice
Governance
Data politics
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Summary:As part of the global Smart Cities movement, the Switching on Darwin programme foregrounds digitally enhanced government and urbanism. While promoting its environmental and democratizing potential, software-enhanced CCTV, LED lighting and geofencing were among the first components rolled out. In practice, these technologies will impact adversely on Aboriginal people, already disproportionately targeted by criminal justice processes. By integrating multiple ‘smart’ technologies with ‘public safety’ agendas, such Smart City developments provide the potential for intensified criminalization of visible minorities.
ISSN:1461-7439
DOI:10.1177/1362480620972703